Difference between revisions of "Collier James Howard Fusilier 4274935"

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|Rank=Fusilier
 
|Rank=Fusilier
 
|Decorations=None known.
 
|Decorations=None known.
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
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|Date of birth=Date not yet able to be traced definitively - common name.
 
|Age=25 at the time of his death.
 
|Age=25 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 12/9/1944 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, at sea en route to Japan from Singapore when the transport Rakuyo Maru was sunk by an Allied submarine.
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|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya.  DIED 12/9/1944 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, at sea en route to Japan from Singapore when the transport Rakuyo Maru was sunk by an Allied submarine.
 
|Company/Battery=X Company.
 
|Company/Battery=X Company.
 
|Task or role=Not yet known.
 
|Task or role=Not yet known.
 
|Promotions=None known.
 
|Promotions=None known.
 
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
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|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED - drowned - 12/9/1944.  Commemorated on Column 46 of the Singapore Memorial.
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|Died/Killed in action=DIED - drowned - 12/9/1944.  Commemorated on Column 46 of the Singapore Memorial, as his remains were presumably unable to be recovered.  Probate granted 10/4/1946 to John Samson Collier, retired postman.
|Home address=Son of John and Mary Collier of Hillingdon, Middlesex.   
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|Home address=Son of John and Mary Collier of 47, Woodcroft Crescent, Hillingdon, Middlesex.   
 
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To read a detailed article by the IWM on the sinking of these Japanese transports, please click [https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-sinking-of-prisoner-of-war-transport-ships-in-the-far-east here].
 
To read a detailed article by the IWM on the sinking of these Japanese transports, please click [https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-sinking-of-prisoner-of-war-transport-ships-in-the-far-east here].

Latest revision as of 09:46, 15 July 2018

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Name Collier James Howard
Army number 4274935
Rank Fusilier
Decorations None known.
Date of birth Date not yet able to be traced definitively - common name.
Age 25 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya. DIED 12/9/1944 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, at sea en route to Japan from Singapore when the transport Rakuyo Maru was sunk by an Allied submarine.
Company/Battery X Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
Died/Killed in action DIED - drowned - 12/9/1944. Commemorated on Column 46 of the Singapore Memorial, as his remains were presumably unable to be recovered. Probate granted 10/4/1946 to John Samson Collier, retired postman.
Home address Son of John and Mary Collier of 47, Woodcroft Crescent, Hillingdon, Middlesex.
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To read a detailed article by the IWM on the sinking of these Japanese transports, please click here.